Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s school is the latest billionaire education experiment to collapse

The Primary School closed after nearly a decade, following disappointing outcomes and a shift in the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s philanthropic priorities.

Students get picked up from The Primary School in East Palo Alto, California on May 21, 2025. [Photo: Getty Images]

The Primary School, an educational facility started by Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, has shut its doors, becoming the latest in a series of failed attempts by billionaires and the ultra-wealthy to fix the education system.

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